Editorial: Univentricular Heart

[摘要] Decades ago, the surgeons were asking themselves if it was possible to improve the natural history of patients with “functionally” univentricular heart (1). In order to facilitate the understanding and the subsequent decision making, for the first time, the patients with “functionally” univentricular heart were divided into two groups: (1) restricted pulmonary blood flow and (2) unrestricted pulmonary blood flow, with or without obstruction to the systemic blood flow (1).

[学科分类] 儿科学

[关键词] bidirectional Glenn;congenital heart surgery;Fontan;palliation;univentricular heart